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Shaheeds gave up their lives so we could be here today. They did not intend for us to be lazy and average human beings. We are meant to be elite warriors and truly experience this body in its entiretyread more

The Guru Nanak’s Mission charity gets recognized by the BBC for feeding free meals to the homeless in Nottingham, UK. The charity has been preparing food at the local Gurdwara Sahib in Nottingham.read more

It takes no genius to realise that there is a great paradox between the Sikh philosophy and Punjabi culture. There is so much discrimination in Punjabi culture that it pains me that these Punjabi’s proudly call themselves Sikhs... read more

This is a poem I wrote so that regardless of your appearance, I wanted Sikh men and women to feel beautiful within their own skin.
"I dream of his free-flowing beard. His magnificent mane, curled and twisted along his beautiful strong jaw."read more

How can we hope to reach this state, feeling truly free upon the earthly plane? Holding responsibilities, jobs, families, schedules, etc., and yet feel joyfully unfettered? How can we be truly “tubular” (an empty tube for divine spirit to flow through) so that what we produce out of us does not exhaust us? read more

Mr Singh certainly was not an extremist and he had never identified as Muslim. Yet his experience matches that of other Australian Sikhs, who say they have shared the brunt of anti-Islamic sentiment in some parts of the community.read more